Information about June 1 Children's Day

Children are the future of the country, is the hope of the nation, to create a good family, social and learning environment for all children, so that they grow up healthy, happy, happy, has always been the world's countries efforts to achieve the goal of the annual "June 1 International Children's Day" is dedicated to the children's establishment of the festival. The annual "June 1 International Children's Day" is a festival specially set up for children.

India: special anniversary as Children's Day

India will be the first post-independence government Prime Minister Zhuang Yalu's birth anniversary of November 14 as Children's Day, in this special day, the children of India will have a variety of national flavor of the dance, music performances, the government will also be organized to organize some of the celebration activities.

Islamic countries: Happy Sweets Day

Most Islamic countries celebrate the 14th day of Ramadan as Sweets Day, which is the happiest children's day for children. "The festival usually lasts for three days, and children go in groups to every house in the neighborhood to ask for sweets. According to local folklore, adults cannot refuse the children's requests, so the children always return to their homes full of sweets on this day.

African countries: children's carnival lasted a month

Children's Day in western Africa is crazy, most of their countries have a special "Children's Carnival", and often lasts a month. Africans have always been able to sing and dance, and during the Children's Carnival, despite the different living conditions of the people, all the children will have fun and make a lot of noise.

Iraq: No children's day

But Iraqi children are much poorer than their counterparts in these countries. While children in many countries celebrate Children's Day, most of the Iraqi children don't even know that there is a holiday of their own in the world. They are still attending school, working in workshops, or begging on the streets.

Some Iraqis revealed that in the 20 years of Saddam's rule, June 1 was designated as the day of Iraq's oil nationalization. Every time this day comes, various celebrations are held throughout Iraq, but they have nothing to do with children, so the children have never had a Children's Day.

On the neglected Children's Day, there is no festive atmosphere in Iraqi kindergartens and elementary schools, and naturally there are no celebrations.

Colombia: Masks and clowns on Children's Day

The Central American country of Colombia has designated July 4 as Children's Day every year. During this holiday, schools across the country hold a variety of lively celebrations, and children often wear a variety of masks and dress up as clowns to play in the streets, making them very happy.

Brazil: Health comes first with a visit to the doctor

Brazil's Children's Day is celebrated on August 15, which also happens to be the country's National Epidemic Prevention Day. Therefore, on this day, doctors around the country will see children and give polio vaccines to children under the age of 5 to show that the government is very concerned about children's health. In Brazil, Oct. 12, the day of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, is also often celebrated as Children's Day, with a number of events taking place across the country.

South Korea: colorful gifts of cell phones favored

Children's Day in South Korea is May 5, and every year before the holiday, South Korean parents have to prepare their own children their most wanted to have a gift, the major department stores also have a variety of promotional activities.

Although the best gifts in parents' minds are usually more practical things such as books, clothes and toys, as society progresses and develops, some related surveys have found that the most desired Children's Day gift for more and more Korean children is a cell phone, followed by game consoles, toys, pets, computers and books.

Sweden: "Boys' Day" vs "Girls' Day"

Sweden, a European country, also divides Children's Day into smaller parts, with August 7 being "Boys' Day" every year. On this day, children dress up as lobsters and perform some very lively and cute programs.

December 13 is Sweden's "Girls' Day", also known as "Lucia Goddess Day". Lucia is a Swedish goddess who protects girls, and on this day, girls dress up as goddesses and do good things for other children.

Russia: International Children's Day was born here

Russia's Children's Day, which falls on June 1, is in perfect harmony with the international community. When Children's Day comes around, children all over Russia celebrate it with gusto, performing folk songs and dances, and celebrating in schools.

In fact, the origin of Children's Day has an important connection with Russia: in November 1949, the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) held a meeting of its board of directors in Moscow, where the representatives of various countries angrily exposed the crimes of the imperialists and the reactionaries in various countries, who had brutally killed and poisoned children. In order to guarantee the right to survival, health care and education of children in all countries of the world, and to improve their lives, the conference decided to adopt June 1 every year as International Children's Day.

Germany: different ways of celebrating

During the Cold War, East and West Germany had very different approaches to Children's Day. First of all, the date is different: East Germany set on June 1, West Germany set on September 20; its name is also different: East Germany called "International Children's Day", West Germany called "World Children's Day". There is also a difference in the traditions of the holiday.

In the GDR, Children's Day began in 1950, and since then it has been the happiest day of the year for children. Often they received wishes and gifts from their parents, and special celebrations, such as field trips, were held at school. In the Federal Republic of Germany, Children's Day has no special significance, and many people don't even know it exists.

Turkey: National Sovereignty and Children's Day

April 23 is National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey. The holiday is derived from the date of the 1920 Turkish National Assembly during the Turkish War of Independence, and in 1929 it was designated as Children's Day on the recommendation of child protection organizations. Since 1986, the Turkish government has been celebrating International Children's Day on April 23rd.

Japan: Children's Day

Children's Day in Japan is called "Children's Day" (Japanese: Kodomo no Hi) and is a traditional holiday. On May 5 every year, Japanese families celebrate the coming of age of their children. Prior to World War II, the holiday was known as the "Dragon Boat Festival" (端午の节句) and was a boys' holiday only, but in 1948, when it became a public holiday, it became a celebration of the happiness and well-being of all children. On the day of the festival, Japanese families hang fish-like symbols on their roofs to symbolize children's elimination of bad luck, overcoming difficulties, and growing up successfully.

But Japan also has a separate Girls' Day on March 3, which grew out of the Shangsi Festival, and Daughters' Day is celebrated with the display of various dolls. The flying of the carp flag on the Boys' Day is derived from the Chinese legend of "hoping for a son to become a dragon" and "carp jumping over the dragon gate".

South Korea: Children's Day

The Children's Day (Korean: ) in South Korea began in 1923 as an evolution of the Boys' Day. It is also a public holiday in South Korea and is celebrated on May 5 every year. Parents usually take their children to parks, zoos or other amusement facilities on this day to make them happy.

Thailand: Children's Day

Children's Day in Thailand is celebrated on the second Saturday of January